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February 23, 2023
Ron Chant (left) and Outlaw Country Radio disc jockey Sam Morris stand outside the Washougal Times on Jan. 23, 2023. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Washougal songwriter’s dream comes true

Ron Chant fell in love with country music as a boy growing up on a dairy farm in New Mexico, where he would sit in front of a small radio in his parents’ barn on Saturday nights to catch the latest songs from Johnny Horton, the Kershaw Brothers, a young Elvis Presley and many more on the famed Louisiana Hayride Show.

February 15, 2023
Washougal School District Administrative Assistant Kori Kelly (left), Washougal School Board member Angela Hancock (center) and WSD Assistant Superintendent Aaron Hansen (right) hold

Washougal School District levies failing

Preliminary results show Washougal School District voters are rejecting the school district’s two replacement levies placed on the Feb. 14 special election ballot. As of Tuesday, Feb. 14, with…

February 2, 2023
Washougal School District Administrative Assistant Kori Kelly (left), Washougal School Board member Angela Hancock (center) and WSD Assistant Superintendent Aaron Hansen (right) hold

Voters to decide fate of Washougal School District levies

Washougal School District (WSD) voters will soon decide the fate of two levies that would help fund the school district’s bevy of programs, activities, athletics, technology, maintenance and safety needs not covered by state or federal funds.

February 2, 2023
Jim Warford performs during a Washougal Songcraft Festival song circle event on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022, at 54-40 Brewing Company in Washougal. (Contributed photo courtesy of Christopher Corbell)

Washougal couple launch effort to bring performing arts venue to city’s downtown

In late 2022, Christopher and Stephanie Corbell launched the Washougal Songcraft Festival, a nonprofit organization that strives to foster, share and celebrate the craft of songwriting and develop the performing arts and creative community of Washougal and the surrounding region through “song circle” events and an annual music festival.